27 January 2015 Last updated at 21:45 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Ben Emmerson QC said Mr Litvinenko was murdered for exposing corruption Ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was murdered for trying to “expose the corruption” at the heart of Vladimir Putin’s “mafia state”, the public inquiry into his death has heard. [...]

27 January 2015 Last updated at 18:11 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Survivors joined together to commemorate the liberation of the camp Auschwitz survivors have urged the world not to allow a repeat of the crimes of the Holocaust as they mark 70 years since the camp’s liberation. “We survivors do [...]

This story contains language you may find offensive. Shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong believes the time is coming when he should be forgiven for doping and lying – and told the BBC he would probably do it again. Armstrong, 43, was stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles and banned from sport for life [...]

26 January 2015 Last updated at 21:57 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The F-16 fighter jet is reported to have crashed shortly after taking off, as Ben Brown reports Ten people have been killed after a Greek fighter jet crashed during take-off at a Nato air base in central Spain. The [...]

26 January 2015 Last updated at 20:15 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Jeroen Dijsselbloem: “The major problems in the Greek economy have not disappeared” Germany has warned the new Greek government that it must live up to its commitments to its creditors. German government spokesman Steffan Seibert said it was important [...]

25 January 2015 Last updated at 22:11 Downing Street says it is to review security procedures after a hoax caller was put through to Prime Minister David Cameron. Number 10 said the caller claimed to be Robert Hannigan, director of government monitoring agency GCHQ. Mr Cameron ended the call when it became clear it was [...]

25 January 2015 Last updated at 22:16 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Mark Lowen: “Many here are finally smiling again” Anti-austerity party Syriza has won a clear victory in Greece’s general election. With nearly 70% of the votes counted, it is projected to win 149 seats, just two short [...]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said he was “ashamed” and “embarrassed” by his side’s fourth-round exit to League One Bradford City on a day of thrilling FA Cup shocks. Chelsea squandered a 2-0 lead to lose 4-2 at Stamford Bridge, while Manchester City were beaten 2-0 at home by Championship side Middlesbrough. “It’s a disgrace for [...]

24 January 2015 Last updated at 20:04 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Amjad Bashir explains why he planned to defect from UKIP A UKIP MEP has defected to the Conservatives, but his former party said it had suspended him over financial and employment concerns. Amjad Bashir said UKIP had become a [...]